Proverbs 17:3
3 The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold,
cBut the Lord tests the hearts.
Proverbs 17:3 — The New International Version (NIV)
3 The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold,
but the Lord tests the heart.
Proverbs 17:3 — English Standard Version (ESV)
3 The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold,
and the Lord tests hearts.
Proverbs 17:3 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
3 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold:
But the Lord trieth the hearts.
Proverbs 17:3 — New Living Translation (NLT)
3 Fire tests the purity of silver and gold,
but the Lord tests the heart.
Proverbs 17:3 — New Century Version (NCV)
3 A hot furnace tests silver and gold,
but the Lord tests hearts.
Proverbs 17:3 — American Standard Version (ASV)
3 The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold;
But Jehovah trieth the hearts.
Proverbs 17:3 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
3 The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but Jehovah trieth the hearts.
Proverbs 17:3 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
3 The crucible is for refining silver and the smelter for gold,
but the one who purifies hearts ⸤by fire⸥ is the Lord.
Proverbs 17:3 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
3 A crucible for silver, and a smelter for gold,
and the Lord is the tester of hearts.
Proverbs 17:3 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
3 The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold,
but the Lord tests the heart.
Proverbs 17:3 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
3 A crucible is for the silver, and a furnace is for the gold,
but Yahweh will test hearts.
Proverbs 17:3 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
3 Fire tests silver. Heat tests gold.
But the Lord tests our hearts.
Proverbs 17:3 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
3 The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold,
But the Lord tests hearts.